Starting device for internal-combustion engines.



CHARLES Ii. MONTROY, OF COAHOMA, MISSISSIPPI.

STARTING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 6, 1914.

Application ted September 27, 1912. Serial No. 722,700.

To all lwher/L 'it may conce/"1L Devices for Internal-Combnstion Engines? and I do herebyv declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

The present invention relates to startingr devices for internal combustion engines. and has for its purpose to provide a device of that eharaeter t'o admitting lgaseous charges to the several cylinders ot the engine in seriali/fnl, in definite proportions. and which is manuallyY controllable at will.

The invention has Jfor its further purpose to provide a device ot the character in ques4 tion which is of .simple construction to the end that the parts thereof uia v be readily assembled and disassembled: one which requires no sltill in operation: and one wherein the eost ot' construction is comparatively Ismall.

'ith these, and other objects in view the' invention consists in the novel details o't' eonstrnetion and eomhinations ot' parts more tully hereinafter disclosed and partieularhY pointed out in the claims.

ltel'erring' to the aeeolupan'vinf l drawings forming" a part ol' this speeitieation in' whieh like numerals designate like parts in all the views; vFigure l is a side elevational \'ie\\' -ol' the device and its associated parts as installed on a motor vehicle: hier. isa longitudinal set-tional view ol' the deviee with parts in elevation; Fig. il is an end elevational view illustrating' the valve mechanism ot' the tvlinder tubes: iig. ll is an end eleva` tional view olI the device for aetnatiner said valves; and Fig. is a longitudinal Isectional view olI one ot' .said valves.

ltet'erringr to the construction in detail. l designates the e \'linders ot' a multi-evlinder en L'ine ol' a vehicle. and 'l is the tanlt' for containing;l the nsnal acetylene or pl'estolite gas. which gas is adapted to be supplied to the. cylinders I through the medium ot a .pipe or tube It. that connects with the tank L), and distributing pipes -t leading to the several cylinders. as shown in Fig. 1.

The several cylinder pipes or tubes 4 are connected to communicate with the tube 3 through the medium of a casing 5, that is mounted on the dash-board 6 of the vehicle. and which provides a chamber 7. Said casing has screw-threaded .connection S with a plug 9 that passes through said'dashboard, and is mounted thereon through the medium of a plate l0. that. secured by bolts 1l. as in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. Each of the pipes 4 is provided with a coupling 12. that has screw-threadd engagement with the cap 13 that is in turn serew-threinled on the easing 5 and provides the closure for the ehainber 7. The coupling .section 12 has a eonstrieted opening 14, formingr a .seat for the ball valve 15. that is normally held seated through theageney of a spring lt. and which is adapted to be unseated through the agency ot` a pin 17 that is formed with a head 'lhe pipe Breenneets with the acetylene tank 2, and has likewise a coupling; section 19 that serewthreads in the easinpr and a valve mechanism similar to that described above is mounted in said couplingr `section.

valve actuating: means consists of a shaft tl journaled in the plug Sl and having a eonieal end l hearing in a eonieal Seat t'ormed in the plu;l "t" titted centrallv'within the easing cap lil. and at its other end .said .shaft is provided with a eap '223. that serew-tln'eatls on the end ot the pln 1r Sl and retains a .sha`l't pat-hing' 2l. as shown. hainl-turniugrranlt provided for pair ol' rain disks )t and 2T are mounted on the shaft Ltl within tht easing' chamber. and are adapted te aetuate respeetiwl)l the pins t7 ofthe valves through engaging' with their respeet-ive pin heads IS. as will he understood.

'the operation oll the device is as follows: 'l`he several pistons of the engine c vlinders are in tht` various positions ol their c veles ol' operation. and ne crank 2.3 is turned nntil the eam dish 2T unseats the valve ot the pipe Il when a portion ol` the gas in the tank 2 is discharged under its maintained pressure into the chamber T. and .simultaneously therewith one ot the valves ot the pipes l is unseated and a. portion ot' themay vary the details of construction and arrangement ef parts without departing from the spirit elf my invention, and' there` ing providing;` :L ("hnnlber; tubes connecting sind chamber with the cylinders 0f the engine; a tube cenneeting sind elnnnber und the Souree of fuel supply; runtrelliug vulves mounted 0n the tubes within seid ehmnber; e shaft; een] disks mounted en seid sliai't for unseuting said vulves; :ind meims for netnuting seid slmi'i, substnniinll)v ns desrribed.

E2. A sterline' devire fui' nullli-eylinder iuternul eembustinn engines7 eemprisiug' :L ensing providing, n chamber; tubes ennneeting said chamber with the cylinders of the engine; a tube connecting seid chamber sind the source of fuel supply; spring seated valves lnunted 0n said tubes Within seid chamber; pins adapted for unseating said valves; a, shaft; eeni disks mounted en said shaft and adapted to engage with and :ictu- :ite said pins fer unseuting seid valves; and

means for manually actuating seid shaft, substantially es described.

A. sterling devire for mulli-eylinder internal cembusiien engines, comprising' a easiner prfwidini; :i elulmber; a up niennled en the easing und pi'm'iding :t closure for the chamber; e plug,` delerlmbly connected to said easing; tubes connecting the several engine cylinders with the cup of seid easing und communicating with the chambers; :L tube connecting the easing with the source of fuel supply; vulves mounted en seid tubes; u shaft jeurnnled in seid plug; n pair et eznn disks mounted un said shaft, one el seid eem disks el'lzxpted l'er engeginr with and misent-ing' the 'vulve et' the fuel supply pipe, and the other el' sziid een] disks; adepted ier successively unsenting, the vulves 0f the cylinder tubes; :ind means for nmnuzxlly nelualine' seid shaft, substantially us described.

In testimony whereof, lf affix my signal ture, in presence ef two witnesses.

CHARLES L. MONTH-OY.

Witnesses E. M. FANT, iVm. ll. 'lneiirsox 

